Fastening element



Jan. 3, 1928.-

B. R. RYAN FASTENING ELEMENT Filed Sept. 11. 192.5

Patented 3,

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rnsrnnm Application fled September 11, 1925. Serial No.

This invention relates to improyeinents in fastening elements, and hasparticular reference to a clothes pin adapted to be' used in retainingclothes on a line. v

Thewprincipal object of this invention is to produce a device of thischaracter which includes a metal member having a flexible tongue sostruck as to be. capable of a limited spring action.

Another object of this invention is to pro duce a clothes pin which willbe cheap to manufacture, simple in use, and one which will take up aminimum amount of space when stored. I

A further objectis to produce a device of this character which cannotbecome easily broken in counter-distinction to the customary woodenclothes pin which breaks read- 11; 2a A. still further objectv is toproduce a clothes pin which will not in any manner damage theclothes'being held thereby.

Other objects and advantages will be aparent durlng the course of' thefollowing escription.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specificatlon andin' which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughoutthe same, I

F igure 1 -'s a perspective view ofmy improved clothes pm,

' Figure .2 is a front elevation of the same, showing the pin upon aclothes line,

Figure 3 IS a cross-section taken on the line 3--3jof Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a view slmilar to Figure 3 showlng the device hung upon awall hook and not employing a clothes line, and

Figure 5 discloses. a modified form of my invention;

In the hanging of clothes, it is essential thatthe devices havesufiicient gripping action to hold the clothes'against accidentalremoval as oftenoccurs in a strong wind.

It is also essential that the clothes pin have a considerable surface asoften the hands are wet due to the handling of the clothes, 1

which makes small pins hard to handle.

Further clothes pins should be compact so that they will take up aminimum'amount of space in handling and storing, and. at the a nnnmnn'r.

i same time, retain the large amount of sur face abovereferred to.

- lishes all the objects above referred to, and

I, have devised a clothes pin whichaccomin the accompanylng drawings,Figure 1, 7

the numeral 5 designate'sa blank preferablyof metal from which blank atongue 6' is struck. Striking the tongue from this blank -5 leaves asubstantially- U-shaped portion 7 surroundin the tongue 6. 4

p In the blank 5 I also punch an opening 8 the purpose of which will'belater seen. 1 In the tonguefi I form a bend 9, while in the U-shapedportion 7 I form bends 11 and 12.

This construction permits a clothes line to be passed beneath the tongue6 soas to lie in the bend portions 9, 11 and 12, as best shown in Fiures 2 and 3.

In emplo ing my device the clothes to be hung are p aced'over theclothes line designated at 13, after which one of my clothes pins isplaced over the whole so as to. hold the clothes to the line as bestshown in Figure 3,

As there, are no sharp corners in my de- .v1ce,- the clothes being heldwill not be daniaged in any way. Further the large amount of surfacewill serve to securely hold the clothes and at the same time this samesurface permits suflicien't gripping surface for the purpose of applyingor removing the p1n.- v

In Figure 4,1 have illustrated the use of the pin in hanging an objectupon a hook. It is at this time that the opening 8 is employed. Thecommon type of clothes pin now upon the market, does not permit the"hangingof clothes from a wall'hook in this ..'manner.'

In the modified form shown in Figure 5, the construction isidentical-with the exception that the U-shaped portion 7 of Figure 1 hasbeen eliminated and two arms as shown at 14 and 16 will take its placeThe manner of employing this modified form is the same as that abovedescribed.

It is to be understood -thatthe forms of viny invention herewith shownand described are to be taken as preferred examples of the same andthatvarlous changes in the shape, I

size and arrangement. of parts may be resorted to withoiitdeparting thespirit having a bend-formed therein and in an op v ofthe invention orthe scope of'the sub. osite. direction from the first mentioned 10 5claim joined "claim. Y end, and at a oint diametrically opposite Havingthus described my invention, I the bend formed in said tongue, so as toengage a line passing between said blank and In a clothes pin,.a blankhaving a" tongue said ton e. I v struck therefrom, said tongue having abend In,test1mony whereof I aflix my signature. formed'therein, theremainder of sand blank BERNARD RUPERT RYAN.

